Terracotta kylix: eye-cup (drinking cup)
Attributed to an artist working in the manner of Lydos
Interior, four warriors in combat
Exterior, obverse and reverse, sphinx between eyes
Typologically and stylistically, this is a remarkable cup. Eye-cups appeared about 540 B.C. Normally they have a Gorgon's face on the interior. A scene occupying nearly the whole interior is rare in black-figure. The influence of Lydos is evident in the imposing figures and clear composition.
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